Aroostook War

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border dispute diplomatic conflict historical event

The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aroostook War canonical	14
Aroostook Conflict	1
Aroostook boundary crisis	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border dispute ⓘ diplomatic conflict ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aroostook War ⓘ surface form: Aroostook Conflict Pork and Beans War ⓘ
casualties	no battle deaths reported ⓘ
cause	ambiguous wording of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ disputed Maine–New Brunswick boundary ⓘ
characteristic	bloodless conflict ⓘ militia mobilization without major fighting ⓘ
conflictBetween	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America New Brunswick, Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of New Brunswick Maine ⓘ surface form: State of Maine United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryInvolved	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1839 ⓘ
followedBy	final demarcation of northeastern U.S.–Canada border ⓘ
hasEffect	clarification of Maine–Canada boundary ⓘ reduction of Anglo-American tensions ⓘ
location	Aroostook River ⓘ surface form: Aroostook River valley Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ Northeastern North America ⓘ
militaryForcesInvolved	British Army ⓘ Maine militia ⓘ New Brunswick militia ⓘ United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army
partOf	Anglo-American wars ⓘ surface form: Anglo-American border disputes
precededBy	earlier U.S.–British border disputes ⓘ
relatedTo	Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ Canada–United States border ⓘ surface form: United States–Canada border Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ surface form: Webster–Ashburton Treaty (1842)
resolvedBy	Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
result	Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ diplomatic settlement of Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ no major combat ⓘ
significantPerson	Daniel Webster ⓘ John Fairfield ⓘ Lord Ashburton ⓘ Sir John Harvey ⓘ
startDate	1838 ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
topic	lumbering rights ⓘ timber resources ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winfield Scott → participantIn → Aroostook War ⓘ

Aroostook War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aroostook Conflict

Anglo-American wars → hasPart → Aroostook War ⓘ

Caroline affair → relatedTo → Aroostook War ⓘ

Edward Kent → wasInOfficeDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ

Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations → conflictResolved → Aroostook War ⓘ

Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations → chronologicallyFollows → Aroostook War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aroostook boundary crisis

Maine–New Brunswick border → wasDisputedIn → Aroostook War ⓘ

Pork and Beans War → hasFormalName → Aroostook War ⓘ

Pork and Beans War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook War ⓘ

Webster–Ashburton Treaty → resolvedConflict → Aroostook War ⓘ

Lord Ashburton → conflictResolved → Aroostook War ⓘ

subject surface form: Webster–Ashburton Treaty

John Fairfield → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ

Sir John Harvey → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ

New Brunswick militia → mobilizedDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ

New Brunswick militia → involvedIn → Aroostook War ⓘ